On 7/4/2015 3:47 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Jul 4, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
<[email protected]> wrote:
The UN can, of course, try to enforce its silly decisions, but
that would reveal it for what it really is -- a relic of times gone
by.
Yeah, off topic. Nevertheless, just to take this example, returning
the lands claimed, even after adjudication, would at this time be
awkward in a number of respects. It seems unnecessary, however, to
characterize the decisions as “silly.” Especially given the fact of
the genocide committed on native Americans by people coming from
Europe. We would do well to reflect on that fact and on what justice
might require as a response.
Yeah, but how far back do you set the cut-off?
Does Spain have to give half the country back to the Moors?
Do the Vikings have to give up Normandy? Or will it be enough to give
England back to the Anglo-Saxons. For that matter, how much do the
Anglo-Saxons have to give back to the Celts & Picts?
Who gets to take over Gaul? Do the Suebi give up the Rhineland? Do the
Helvetii leave Switzerland?
Are the Achaeans going to have to rebuild the walls of Troy?
Native Americans are migrants themselves if you go back far enough. They
just took a different route out of Asia.
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